Comments on: Tyneandthyneagain loses Grand National at Aintree http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/ I'll get there one day. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:14:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: Andy http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Andy Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:45:57 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/#comment-690 Horatio, why do you feel it is acceptable for humans to force animals to participate in activities they regard as "mostly safe", for the pleasure of the humans? If it was an activity involving humans where only 9 out of 40 would be able to complete it and 375 humans per year died doing it, then would you be happy to see them do it even when they are not consenting? If you are willing to have animals undertake dangerous activities for your pleasure then you are not an animal lover. Horatio, why do you feel it is acceptable for humans to force animals to participate in activities they regard as “mostly safe”, for the pleasure of the humans?

If it was an activity involving humans where only 9 out of 40 would be able to complete it and 375 humans per year died doing it, then would you be happy to see them do it even when they are not consenting?

If you are willing to have animals undertake dangerous activities for your pleasure then you are not an animal lover.

]]> By: Horatio http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/comment-page-1/#comment-689 Horatio Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:37:36 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/#comment-689 Although very sad sometimes, racing is a fantastic sport and not all the horses are put down as "no-hopers". Many go on to stud and enjoy a retirement as best a horse can. Some sports are deemed dangerous and some very dangerous, but horse racing is generally quite safe. I understand as an animal lover myself the heartache it brings losing a horse but these animals are bred for one thing...... Racing. If you can, go down to a local horse training yard and see for yourself just how well these animals are tret. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Although very sad sometimes, racing is a fantastic sport and not all the horses are put down as “no-hopers”. Many go on to stud and enjoy a retirement as best a horse can. Some sports are deemed dangerous and some very dangerous, but horse racing is generally quite safe. I understand as an animal lover myself the heartache it brings losing a horse but these animals are bred for one thing…… Racing. If you can, go down to a local horse training yard and see for yourself just how well these animals are tret. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

]]> By: Eilidh http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Eilidh Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:40:25 +0000 http://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2006/04/08/tyneandthyneagain-loses-grand-national-at-aintree/#comment-149 This makes me sick! I wish the grand national and every other horse race in the world were banned and I would gladly make every person involved in this barbaric sport pay both physically and financially for what they put the horses through! RIP Tyneandthyneagain . This makes me sick! I wish the grand national and every other horse race in the world were banned and I would gladly make every person involved in this barbaric sport pay both physically and financially for what they put the horses through!

RIP Tyneandthyneagain .

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